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Granted patent

System and method for coordinating asset entitlements

Number
9953155
Published
2018-04-24
Filed
2010-12-08
Assignee
Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors
Robert; Arnaud et al.
CPC
G06F21/6236; G06F21/41
Verdict
Set aside asset-entitlement coordination, DRM/licensing business
Source
Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

There is presented a system and method for coordinating asset entitlements, the system comprising a server including a processor and a memory and accessible by multiple domains over a network, and an asset entitlement database searchable by the server, wherein an entry of the asset entitlement database links a domain transcendent user identification (ID) of a user and at least one asset entitlement acquired by the user from any of the domains. In one embodiment, the server is configured to receive an asset entitlement inquiry from one of the domains, search the asset entitlement database for asset entitlements acquired by the user from any of the domains, generate a search result identifying the asset entitlements acquired by the user from the domains, and send data corresponding to the search result to the domain from which the asset entitlement inquiry was received.

Background

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION(1) 1. Field of the Invention(2) The present invention relates generally to managing user rights across a communications network. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods enabling coordination of asset entitlements acquired by a user across multiple domains or distribution channels.(3) 2. Background Art(4) Consumers are increasingly turning to online providers when shopping for goods and services. In an effort to protect the personal and financial information required to complete an online transaction, providers of goods and services typically provide a secure network domain and require that the consumer participate in creating a user identity specific to the provider and their secure network domain. This user identity may consist of potentially sensitive personally identifiable information such as an address, telephone number, credit card information, email address, and the like. In addition, the consumer may be required to create log-in credentials such as a username and password to authenticate their identity to the provider when engaging in a transaction using the secure domain.(5) In a conventional approach to managing a user identity within a secure provider domain, the potentially sensitive consumer information and consumer credentials are relationally linked together by the provider in the form of a unique provider defined consumer identification (consumer ID). Across a network, such as the Internet, for exampl

Claims

1. A system for coordinating asset entitlements across a plurality of domains, each of the domains configured to associate users with respective domain specific user identifications (IDs) unique to that domain, the system comprising: a server including a processor and a memory, the server accessible by the plurality of domains over a network; an asset entitlement database, wherein an entry of the asset entitlement database links a domain transcendent user ID of a user and at least one asset entitlement acquired by the user from any of the plurality of domains; the server configured to: receive an asset entitlement inquiry including a domain specific user ID of the user associated with the domain transcendent user ID from one of the plurality of domains; receive a provider information, wherein the provider information identifies a commercial entity corresponding to the one of the plurality of domains; search, using the domain transcendent user ID, the asset entitlement database for asset entitlements acquired by the user from the plurality of domains, the asset entitlements having been acquired by the user prior to receiving the asset entitlement inquiry by the server; generate a search result identifying the asset entitlements acquired by the user from the plurality of domains; filter the search result to omit one or more identified asset entitlements for which the one of the plurality of domains lacks at least one of a domain asset right and a domain entitlement right; send the filtered search result to the one of the plurality of domains; offer to broker an acquisition of the at least one of the domain asset right and the domain entitlement right corresponding to one or more of the omitted asset entitlements on behalf of the one of the plurality of domains; and broker the acquisition on behalf of the one of the plurality of domains if the one of the plurality of domains accepts the offer. 15. A method for use by a system having a processor, accessible to a plurality of domains to coordinate asset entitlements across the plurality of domains, each of the domains configured to associate users with respective domain specific user identifications (IDs) unique to that domain, the method comprising: receiving, by the processor, an asset entitlement inquiry including a domain specific user ID of a user associated with a domain transcendent user ID of the user across the plurality of domains from one of the plurality of domains; receiving, by the processor, a provider information, wherein the provider information identifies a commercial entity corresponding to the one of the plurality of domains; searching, using the domain transcendent user ID, by the processor, an asset entitlement database, wherein an entry of the asset entitlement database links the domain transcendent user ID and at least one asset entitlement acquired by the user from the plurality of domains, the asset entitlements having been acquired by the user prior to receiving the asset entitlement inquiry by the processor; generating, by the processor, a search result identifying the asset entitlements acquired by the user from the plurality of domains; filtering, by the processor, the search result to omit one or more identified asset entitlements for which the one of the plurality of domains lacks at least one of a domain asset right and a domain entitlement right; sending, by the processor, the filtered search result to the one of the plurality of domains; offering, by the processor, to broker an acquisition of the at least one of the domain asset right and the domain entitlement right corresponding to one or more of the omitted asset entitlements on behalf of the one of the plurality of domains; and brokering, by the processor, the acquisition on behalf of the one of the plurality of domains if the one of the plurality of domains accepts the offer.